Nobuko Otowa Movies

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the...

“Quit working as a nurse!” “All right, I will!” thus began the married life of Yasuo and Keiko. But the reality is harsh....

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer.

1980 Japanese film.

The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be...

A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.

A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring,...

Can a woman love two men at the same time? Set against the backdrop of Kyoto's rich history, this story depicts a woman's difficult choice for love....

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.

1954 Japanese movie

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).

Japanese drama film.

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...